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Holy shit, MORTAL KOMBAT by way of SE7EN

Nobody seems to know quite what this is yet, but it looks like a SE7EN-style overhaul of Mortal Kombat - either the set-up for a new game franchise or a teaser for an upcoming movie. Either way, it's surprisingly twisted and gory and it's got one really well-staged fight.

Catchy. Up tempo. Weird lookin'.

I like these guys.




The chick with the Vulcan haircut is supercute. I can't figure what her voice reminds me of - maybe the brassy quality of Ethel Merman?

A challenger appears

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Just heard "White Rabbit" at work...

...and realized this was in serious need of a re-posting:

Hitler versus Khan

Yeah, you heard me. Behold the fight of the century!

Patrick Stewart's Best Scene Ever

The dude just got knighted, so in homage to his well-deserved status...

His awesomely pervy scene on Extras:

Could someone TiVo this for me?

It's on Monday. I must see it.

Cooler than it has any right to be

Klingon propaganda video:

All that time travel screwing around finally catches up with Star Trek...

Was looking at the website for the upcoming Trek online game the other day and saw an interesting footnote. See, Trek's done time travel to death, but they've never had to deal with all the multiverse stuff that, say, Marvel and DC have - you know, where multiple versions of characters exist concurrently.

But as of the new movie creating a separate timeline...IT HAS BEGUN. From the FAQ:

Q: How does the new Star Trek movie affect Star Trek Online?
A: Star Trek Online exists in the Star Trek universe's "standard timeline," whereas the latest Star Trek movie exists in an alternate timeline created when Nero and Spock entered a singularity and were transported back in time. For a full explanation, please see our article explaining how Star Trek XI affects Star Trek Online.

And in the full article (which has movie spoilers if you haven't seen it):

In the movie, two characters travel back in time from the year 2387. When Nero arrives in the year 2233, he disrupts the time continuum, creating an alternate reality from the point of his arrival. Star Trek (the new movie) takes place in this alternate reality. This is explained in the film in a conversation between Uhura and Spock on the bridge of the Enterprise.

Star Trek Online is set in the "prime" Star Trek reality. This is the timeline of the five television series and the first 10 movies. It is the world in which the Gorn attacked Cestus III, Kirk fought Khan in the Mutara Nebula, Picard explored the galaxy, the Federation fought the Dominion War, Voyager was stranded in the Delta Quadrant and Captain Archer and the crew of the NX-01 showed us how it all began.

Events in the movie that happened in the prime timeline (the destruction of Romulus, and the disappearance of Spock and Nero) have affected STO. You can learn more about the aftermath of these events in the Path to 2409 and in STO itself.

So how can the movie and STO be in different realities? When working on Star Trek, screenwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman referenced the theory of quantum mechanics, which allows for the simultaneous existence of parallel timelines and universes. Parallel universes are self-contained, separate realities that exist as a consequence of different choices and outcomes. This concept was explored in the TNG episode "Parallels," in which there were thousands of alternate timelines (and thousands of Enterprises!). It also is seen in the Mirror Universe, which is a darker take on the world of the Federation.

There are many, many stories to tell in the prime universe. The fallout of the destruction of Romulus and the upheaval that causes in the Alpha and Beta quadrants creates storytelling opportunities that we at Cryptic didn't even imagine when we first began working on STO. We're excited by the possibilities, and fans should be as well. The best is yet to come.

Just kind of interesting on a geeky level. I guess I'm Trek geek enough to be glad the "prime" universe is continuing :)

Let's shake things up a bit...

Dig it: this next trailer was on that "Worst Ever" list, but I say it got a bum rap. Sure, the movie's a total Shaft rip-off starring the guy who scored Shaft, but you can't tell me its trailer ain't one bad mutha ---

(SHUT YO MOUTH!)

But I'm talkin' 'bout Truck Turner!

Speaking of the new Trek...

Some enterprising (ha!) soul has given the original series a makeover to better resemble it:

Well, Abrams did say he wanted to make it more like Star Wars . . .

Watch My Favorite Movie (Star Trek vs. Star Wars) and more funny videos on CollegeHumor

Acid Trek

Geordi La Cool?

Came across a short, tongue-in-cheek Entertainment Weekly interview with LeVar Burton of Star Trek The Next Generation. Seems Burton may be one of these guys like Wil Wheaton who ends up being much cooler in real life than the character he played.

Dig:

What's your favorite 'Trek' episode?
The ones where we're in the holodeck dressing up as Robin Hood or Holmes and Watson. After seven years, when you wear the same spacesuit to work every day, any variety is welcome. It was like a holiday. I was still in the visor, but...

Speaking of the visor, eyes are windows to the soul. How'd you act in that thing?
The producers maintained it was a way to highlight the technological sophistication of the 24th century. It was a pain in the ass, but I cashed the check every week.

Was it embarrassing to play a character whose first love interest was a hologram?
Yeah, that was bulls---. The producers enjoyed that Geordi was inept around women. I don't want to cast aspersions, but, y'know, I find it suspect that the only -- Worf aside, being a Klingon -- black male was emasculated by white male writers.

You piloted a plane in an episode of 'Rainbow.' C'mon, you had a stunt double, right?
I flew that airplane. I landed the plane. Life is about experience, man. Drink it up!

The big Superbowl movie trailers

We already covered G.I. Joe, so...

Transformers 2 in big, hi-def; YouTube trailer is way too grainy to post

Star Trek:


And the one I'm oddly looking forward to, partially from nostalgia, partially in the hopes of another Galaxy Quest...

Will Ferrell's comedy/adventure remake of the old kiddie show, Land of the Lost:


CHAKA!! SLEESTACKS!!!